phrase/laˌbin komˈpae/
good lord, good grief, wow, mate (an emphatic interjection used to express surprise, shock, or to emphasize a statement)
“¡Lavín compae, qué calor hace hoy en la calle!” — Good lord, mate, it's so hot out in the street today!
Synonyms: la virgen, madre mía
Contraction of la (“the”) + virgen (“virgin”) + compadre (“godfather, friend”). In Andalusian Spanish, the phrase la virgen is used as an interjection of surprise, often elided to lavín. Compadre is shortened to compae (dropping the intervocalic 'd' and final 're').